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The Politics of Fracking

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Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has garnered a lot of support from the United States federal and state governments in the name of energy independence and economic prosperity. More specifically, hydraulic fracturing or fracking is said to not only make the production of affordable energy possible but also reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by substituting coal with natural gas in the utility sector. Behind the façade of many socio-economic and political benefits, the process of fracking causes serious environmental concerns. Dismissing the negative externalities of fracking simply raises the question, to what extent have communities close to fracking sites been adversely impacted by it?

In this book, Sarmistha R. Majumdar studies four communities close to fracking well sites in Texas to help illustrate to what extent fracking regulations have been developed in Texas and how effective these regulations have been in safeguarding the interests of individuals in local communities amidst the lure of economic gains from the extraction of oil and natural gas from shale formations. Majumdar has developed a model to show stage by stage community actions to regain their quality of life and the consequences of their actions, if any, on state and local regulations and ordinances, and the oil and gas industry.

This book will be an important resource for scholars of environmental and natural resource politics and policy in the United States.

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ISBN: 9780367665401
Publication date: 30th September 2020
Author: Sarmistha R Majumdar
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 218 pages
Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
Genres: Public administration
Regional, state and other local government
Environmental policy and protocols
Environmental management
Social impact of environmental issues